Job 11:8
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
In Context
9Longer than the earth is its measure, and broader than the sea.
Cross References
Job 22:12Is not God in the height of heaven? and beholding the highest elevation of the stars, however high they are?
Job 35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and gaze on the skies which are higher than thou.
Psalms 139:6Too wonderful is such knowledge for me: it is too exalted, I cannot attain unto it.
Proverbs 25:2It is the honor of God to conceal a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Isaiah 55:9For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.
Matthew Henry on Job 11:8-13
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. Zophar here speaks very good… Read the whole commentary →